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    Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social

    On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

    Average nitrogen dioxide concentration in Paris has fallen significantlyHer proposals have faced pushback — from right-leaning politicians, a car owners’ association and suburban commuters, who say that targeting cars makes their lives more difficult. But last month, Parisians voted in a referendum to turn an additional 500 streets over to pedestrians. A year earlier, Paris had moved to sharply increase parking fees for SUVs, forcing drivers to pay three times more than they would for smaller cars. The city has also turned a bank of the Seine from a busy artery into a pedestrian zone and banned most car traffic from the shopping boulevard of Rue de Rivoli. Carlos Moreno, a professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a former adviser to the city, said the French capital has developed “an urban policy based on well-being.”
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    “Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.

    Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”

    Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

    Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

    Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

    Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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